Quote Originally Posted by Fivefingerdeathpunch View Post
HIDs in stock fog light housings will melt the plastic.

01+ cars just pull the drl/auto light heat sink behind the headlight switch in the side panel.
how often is the failure rate for melted fog housings? all the threads i read on here, as long as i keep them at 35W everyone was saying they didnt have problems... i have HID fogs on my SS and the housing is way smaller then whats on the GP, and in the year theyve been in there, there hasnt been a meltiing issue??

Quote Originally Posted by bronzemist02 View Post
I just ran 6k hid fogs in my grand prix and upgraded the headlight bulbs to silverstar ultras (nighthawk platinums are better though).

I disabled my drl by disconnecting the heat sink inside the panel of the dash on the left hand side. There should be a plastic cover on the far left of the dash that you can get to when you open the door. There was a connector there attached to the heat sink for it that did the trick for mine.

Maybe do a search for disabling drl. I know there are a couple of different processes for the different years. I think yours should be the same as mine though because mine was a 2002.


^ Sorry didn't see your post ffdp before I submitted mine. I agree it will melt the housings. Mine started to melt and crack after only a few months.
ok, so even though my DRL's are dead as it is (faulty heat sink) i should still disconect that? then i wont have to worry about auto head lights?

and how often, or how many horror stories are there about melted housings for HID fogs? as i stated in my reply earlier, my fog light housing is smaller in my SS then on the GP, and ive had my HIDs in there for over a year, and no melted housings for me there.. were you using 35W or 55W HID's, because in the trailblazers, if you use 55W, thats what melts the housings for us, 35W and we're safe